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Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, in Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Finley-Day rose to become deputy managing editor of IPC's girls' comics department, but quit to become a freelance writer. In 1974 he was drafted in by Pat Mills to help develop characters for Battle Picture Weekly, launched the following year,David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 1, Judge Dredd Megazine #209, 26 August 2003 for which he wrote Rat Pack,Rat Pack series 1 at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle The Sarge, The Bootneck Boy, The Bootneck Boy at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle D-Day Dawson, Return of the Eagle, Return of the Eagle at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle Sergeant Without Stripes, Sergeant Without Stripes at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle Cold Steele, Cold Steele at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle Skreamer of the Stukas, Skreamer of the Stukas at Captain Hurricane's Best of BattleDavid Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 2, Judge Dredd Megazine #210, 23 September 2003 Glory Rider,David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 3, Judge Dredd Megazine #211, 21 October 2003 Cooley's Gun, Action Force,David Bishop, Blazing Battle Action part 4, Judge Dredd Megazine #212, 18 November 2003 One-Eyed JackKarl Stock, One-Eyed Jack: Top of the Cops, Judge Dredd Megazine #385, July 2017 and many others. He had a penchant for creating honourable German heroes, including Fighter from the Sky, Panzer G-Man, Commando King, Sea Wolf, and perhaps the best known, Hellman of Hammer Force,Hellman of Hammer Force series 1 , series 2 , series 4 ; Hellman of the Afrika Korps ; Hellman on the Russian Front series 1 , series 2, series 3 ; The Early Adventures of Hellman of Hammer Force at Captain Hurricane's Best of Battle which started out in Action and transferred to Battle after Action was merged into it. Other strips he wrote for Action include Green's Grudge War and Dredger.
Finley-Day was one of the mainstays of early 2000 AD, writing Invasion!, Dan Dare, Fiends of the Eastern Front, and a couple of early episodes of Judge Dredd, and became their specialist in future war stories, first with The V.C.s, and then his most enduring character, Rogue Trooper, which still features occasionally, written by other writers — although Finley-Day returned to the character for a one-off story in 2010. He also wrote Blackhawk for Tornado, and several strips for the revived Eagle, including Saddle Tramp, Sergeant Streetwise, Jake's Platoon, The Hand, and episodes of The Collector. Gerry Finley-Day profile, 2000ad.org; accessed 18 September 2015. In August 2022, Rebellion published The Best of Gerry Finley-Day with a short UK booking signing tour at Forbidden Planet shops. The book includes the full Harry 20 on the High Rock as well as excerpts from Dan Dare and the V.C.s
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